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Weird Programming Languages

1. Lolcode

Lolcode was inspired by the language expressed in examples of the lolcat Internet meme. The language was created in 2007 by Adam Lindsay, researcher at the Computing Department of Lancaster University. “Hello World” example: HAI CAN HAS STDIO? VISIBLE “HAI WORLD!” KTHXBYE

2.Befunge

Befunge and its ilk allow the instruction pointer to roam in multiple dimensions through the code. For example the following program displays “Hello World” by pushing the characters in reverse order onto the stack, then printing the characters in a loop which circulates clockwise through the instructions [>], [:], [v], [_], [,], and [^]. “Hello World” example: "dlroW olleH">:v ^,_@

3. Brainfuck

Brainfuck is designed for extreme minimalism and leads to obfuscated code, with programs containing only 8 distinct characters. “Hello World” example: ++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++ ..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.

4. Chef

Chef is designed to make programs look like cooking recipes. e.g. the following statement pushes an item onto a stack: “Hello World” example: Put cinnamon into 2nd mixing bowl

5. Piet

Piet is a visual language whose programs are bitmaps that resemble abstract art. “Hello World” example:

6.Shakespeare

Shakespeare is designed to make programs look like Shakespearean plays. e.g. the following statement declares a point in the program which can be reached via a GOTO-type statement. “Hello World” example: [Enter Juliet] [Enter Romeo and Juliet] [Exit Romeo] [Exeunt Romeo and Juliet] [Exeunt]

7. Whitespace

Whitespace only considers the layout of whitespace and ignores all non-whitespace characters. Unlike most programming languages, which ignore or assign little meaning to most whitespace characters, the Whitespace interpreter ignores any non-whitespace characters. Only spaces, tabs and linefeeds have meaning. A part of “Hello World” example:

8. INTERCAL

INTERCAL, short for “Compiler Language With No Pronounceable Acronym”, it satirizes aspects of the various programming languages at the time, as well as the proliferation of proposed language constructs and notations in the 1960s. “Hello World” example: DO ,1 <- #13 PLEASE DO ,1 SUB #1 < - #238 DO ,1 SUB #2 <- #108 DO ,1 SUB #3 <- #112 DO ,1 SUB #4 <- #0 DO ,1 SUB #5 <- #64 DO ,1 SUB #6 <- #194 DO ,1 SUB #7 <- #48 PLEASE DO ,1 SUB #8 <- #22 DO ,1 SUB #9 <- #248 DO ,1 SUB #10 <- #168 DO ,1 SUB #11 <- #24 DO ,1 SUB #12 <- #16 DO ,1 SUB #13 <- #162 PLEASE READ OUT ,1 PLEASE GIVE UP

9. Malbolge

Malbolge is a public domain esoteric programming language invented by Ben Olmstead in 1998, named after the eighth circle of hell in Dante’s Inferno, the Malebolge. The peculiarity of Malbolge is that it was designed to be the most difficult and esoteric programming language. However, several of the tricks used to make understanding it difficult can be simplified away. “Hello World” example: ('&%:9]!~}|z2Vxwv-,POqponl$Hjig%eB@@>}=<M:9wv6WsU2T|nm-,jcL(I&%$#" `CB]V?Tx<uVtT`Rpo3NlF.Jh++FdbCBA@?]!~|4XzyTT43Qsqq(Lnmkj"Fhg${z@>

10. BIT

BIT is a programming language in which the programmer has full access to all data in its essential machine representation. This is a powerful programming tool, allowing manipulations of data that are convoluted in “higher-level” languages with various specialised functions that operate on more complicated and abstract data types. A part of “Hello World” example: LINENUMBERZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONELINENUMBERONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROLINENUMBE RONEZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEONELINENUMBERONEONECODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZEROLINE NUMBERONEZEROZEROCODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROONELINENUMBERONEZEROONECODEPRINTZEROGOT OONEONEZEROLINENUMBERONEONEZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEONEONELINENUMBERONEONEONECOD EPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZEROZEROLINENUMBERONEZEROZEROZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZ EROONELINENUMBERONEZEROZEROONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROONEZEROLINENUMBERONEZEROON EZEROCODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROONEONELINENUMBERONEZEROONEONECODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEON EZEROZEROLINENUMBERONEONEZEROZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEONEZEROONELINENUMBERONEONE ZEROONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEONEONEZEROLINENUMBERONEONEONEZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONE ONEONEONELINENUMBERONEONEONEONECODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROZEROZEROZEROLINENUMBERONE ZEROZEROZEROZEROCODEPRINTZEROGOTOONEZEROZEROZEROONELINENUMBERONEZEROZEROZEROONE CODEPRINTONEGOTOONEZEROZEROONEZEROLINENUMBERONEZEROZEROONEZEROCODEPRINTONEGOTO

11. Ook!

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12. ZOMBIE

ZOMBIE is a programming language designed for Necromancers, particularly evil ones. (Actually, what other sorts are there?) ZOMBIE is an acronym, and stands for Zombie-Oriented Machine-Being Interface Engine. “Hello World” example: HelloWorld is a zombie summon task SayHello say "Hello World!" animate animate

13.HQ9+

HQ9+ is a joke language with four instructions: H: Print “hello, world” Q: Print the program’s source code 9: Print the lyrics to “99 Bottles of Beer” +: Increment the accumulator